Meaning of get the hang of | Babel Free

Definitions

To begin to understand or manage at a basic level; to learn to handle with some skill.

colloquial, idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“Driving feels awkward when you’re new to it, but it’s easy once you get the hang of it.”

“We got the hang of [caring for a baby], Kate and I, with some quiet, surprising guidance from a gentle male nurse whose touching lack of intrusion was so instinctive as to seem part of the pattern.”

“He felt like he was playing a new board game and was just getting the hang of the rules.”

“I'd hardly used them either, do you know what I mean; I was just getting the hang of them when the Lord and Master decided they had to come off. There was no consultation, no let's sit down and chat about the pros and cons, just woof, off with his bollocks.”

“The shotlist should be short — if you find yourself typing up more than one page per scene, you're not really getting the hang of it. Use common terminology whenever possible. From the shotlist, the DP can figure out, to some extent, how many lighting changes each scene will require.”

“But just when I thought I’d gotten the hang of things, a snake chased me into a deeper level of the labyrinth! Everything’s on hard mode down here.”

CEFR level